London Craft Beer Festival is back for its fifth year, and with a line-up so good you won't know what to do first. Enter our handy guide – don't go to the festival without reading it

Published: Wednesday 26th July 2017

These Brooklyn brewers are rated one of the top ten in the world. In New York, people will queue down the street just to get a can of their latest beer. Other Half Brewery's beer is best drunk fresh, so London Craft Beer Festival is flying their brewers and beer into London especially for the festival. You'll only get once chance to try their beer this summer and this is it. Don't miss out.

Trying something different is exactly what LCBF is all about, which is why each year they work with Simply Hops, a hop merchants, to bring two new breweries to the festival. This year it's Fierce Beer and Tiny Vessel. They're both quality brewers, but are rarely heard of – making this one of the best places to catch them.

Don't be fooled into thinking that it's all about beer at London Craft Beer Festival. Oh no. This year they've partnered with Australian wine producer 19 Crimes wine and Gentleman’s Collection to bring something a little different to the festival. If you find yourself craving a break from all the hops, head to their wine and cheese bar. Don't tell them we told you about it though, it's meant to be a secret, after all.

No, we're not talking about stodge to fill the void. All of the food from London Craft Beer Festival has been carefully curated to compliment all the beer on offer. Morito, Berber & Q, Gunpowder and Radio Alice are just some of the restaurants bringing their pop-up kitchens to LCBF. Their menus are all one-offs, so if you don't want to miss out, you know what to do.

It's not called London Craft Beer Festival for nothing. Alongside endless pints of more 300 beers from 45 different breweries and oodles of great food, there'll be DJs and live music, too. Metronomy (Olugbenga) and Foals DJs will be playing at the weekend, but co-founders of LCBF have hinted that Hot Chip's performance on Friday night is set to be a true highlight. We'll let you decide that one for yourselves though.